Re: Slow Grub on new mobo Q

2008-10-02 Thread Robin Laing
fixes this issue. It fixed almost all my issues. I am running F8. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: POS

2008-10-03 Thread Robin Laing
still. Looking at F10 in December. If the KDE is still a mess, I will look at Ubuntu at home. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Commun

Re: Nvidia Drivers for Fedora 9

2008-10-07 Thread Robin Laing
e used the Freshrpms nvidia driver and I don't have the issue of getting a new kernel and having to wait until Livna gets a new rpm. dkms creates the new module on reboot. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/

Re: mtrr funnies

2008-10-08 Thread Robin Laing
ed, 1485k data, 980k init) -wolfgang Check the ASUS site for a BIOS update. I had this issue on a new motherboard earlier this year. There were BIOS updates to fix memory issues. My Motherboard recognized the memory but it would keep crashing. It could be a communications issue. -- Robin Lain

Re: (fedora) Yumex kills F9

2008-10-16 Thread Robin Laing
32-bit version only and I'm not up to downloading and burning the 64-bit version. The 32-bit version runs pretty well. I am running Yumex as I write this. No issues that I can find. I am almost 100% 64 bit. Just enough 32 bit to keep me happy. :) -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mail

Re: 16GB USB Drive Not Accessible

2008-10-31 Thread Robin Laing
r if you prefer the grub command line is : Code: scsi_mod.inq_timeout=15 I hope this longer timeout will someday be standard for the kernel. Or maybe part of an exception list when a prolific 2528 stick is detected. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscrib

Re: Document Scanners that work with F9

2008-11-07 Thread Robin Laing
used on Ubuntu. It is nice for print, pictures and transparencies. There is a driver that can be downloaded from the net. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org

Re: A New fedora user question

2008-11-07 Thread Robin Laing
ow if this will fix your problem but have you run this script? mozilla-plugin-config -i -g -v It registers the plugins from what I have found out. I am still trying to get my flash to play on F8 on a 64 bit system. The plugin is recognized and in the about:plugins but just doesn't work. I

Re: advice for data recovery

2008-11-13 Thread Robin Laing
o ensure I was looking at my images. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: Is F9 Security an oxymoron?

2008-11-13 Thread Robin Laing
#x27;t have links handy. Search for detecting Deep Packet Inspection or something on that line. Bell Canada is known to do this on their networks. Konqueror may be showing the problem. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redha

Re: advice for data recovery

2008-11-14 Thread Robin Laing
ered in my case will say that they are valid jpg images if I just use 'file {image.jpg}' -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: Region 2 DVD to Region 1 DVD

2008-11-14 Thread Robin Laing
n a single layer DVD just like DVD shrink. I normally rip the video and then use mencoder to modify resolution and quality to meet my needs. You can use mencoder to fix many corrupted files as well. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://w

Re: advice for data recovery

2008-11-18 Thread Robin Laing
Robin Laing wrote: Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Todd Denniston wrote: Dave Stevens wrote, On 11/10/2008 04:56 PM: Hello All, So does anyone know of a program I can use to only copy files that are not damaged? I can sort out the teenies, but don't see how to proceed after that.

Re: Reverse Compatibility Manifesto

2008-11-18 Thread Robin Laing
te the "make" file. As others say, run the software in a VM if it won't run in Wine. When it comes to software, it comes up to the supplier of the software. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: set up NAT (network address translation) on local server

2008-11-21 Thread Robin Laing
n each reboot. It provided a way to create an iptables modification init.d procedure for just this problem. It works like a dream. Sorry I don't have the link as it is at home. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redha

Re: More strange F9 dependencies

2008-11-21 Thread Robin Laing
r many and shouldn't be needed to keep a system operational. If a library is needed for some function, then pull the library out of the full application. In this case make a base library to meet these dependencies. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com

Re: What software is missing in the Fedora repository?

2009-05-12 Thread Robin Laing
oing to be those that subscribe to this list. The users that don't subscribe but try Fedora and drop it due to missing package will never comment. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guide

Re: mounting encrypted linux partition on windows

2009-05-20 Thread Robin Laing
ing LUKS / dm-crypt Partitions in Microsoft Windows http://blog.yibble.org/2009/01/29/mounting-luks-dm-crypt-partitions-in-microsoft-windows/ Full procedure to use Ext2fsd and FreeOTFE. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.co

Re: Frustration with F10/KDE

2009-05-22 Thread Robin Laing
essages of any type. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

2009-05-22 Thread Robin Laing
is available when needed. So Kevin, what would you suggest for upgrades or new purchases? I have had issues with Fedora using nVidia, ATI and Intel over the years so I don't know what I would suggest for someone that needs a good 3D graphics card. No different that some of my Windows

Re: mounting encrypted linux partition on windows

2009-05-22 Thread Robin Laing
, which is where I enter my password before starting Fedora. I'll have a look at that, since I use some non alphanumerical characters in my password. Damian. Robin Laing escreveu: Damián Rodrí­guez Sánchez wrote: Robin Laing escreveu: Damián Rodrí­guez Sánchez wrote: I recently dec

Re: "empty" disc undeer f11/f10

2009-05-25 Thread Robin Laing
ons/linux-software-2/multisession-dvd-is-there-a-solution-578418/ This may be useful. http://www.theblackpawn.com/step-by-step-tutorial-to-burn-a-multisession-cd-in-linux.php -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fe

Re: "empty" disc undeer f11/f10

2009-05-26 Thread Robin Laing
Christoph Höger wrote: Am Montag, den 25.05.2009, 14:11 -0600 schrieb Robin Laing: Christoph Höger wrote: Hi folks, something strange happened today. I got an _important_ cd and simply wanted to copy the data from it. My kernel thinks its empty ("this disc doesn't ..."). Bu

Re: incomplete shutdown

2009-05-27 Thread Robin Laing
Ethernet (rev 10) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter [thu...@arrakis ~]$ thanks, Thufir I would check the BIOS settings. I have had this happen in the past. Make sure that your BIOS is up-to-date.

Re: help

2009-05-27 Thread Robin Laing
able to get Firefox to install is due to libraries that are outdated in FC5. What are your graphics specifications/issues? Most video drivers are better in the later versions of Fedora. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.co

Re: What software is missing in the Fedora repository?

2009-05-28 Thread Robin Laing
allowed in fedora. Shouldn't you remove all bittorrent clients then :-). All usenet clients, email, web browsers, ftp, ethernet and wireless access network access ... This is a question of morals, not legal. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubs

Re: OT: Can Reformatting A Hard Drive To ext3 Destroy All the Data On It?

2009-05-29 Thread Robin Laing
physically take the drives apart and use the platter for various things. They are so shiny at first. :) -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate

Re: WSJ - Article on Linux netbooks

2009-05-29 Thread Robin Laing
ng a netbook or notebook for my daughter this summer and I am looking at what is going to be supplied with Linux out of the box. This may be something to look at. http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/touchbook/ I doubt Fedora will run on it though. Lack of KDE would be a problem for me. :) -- Ro

Re: Blocking an IP for one user

2009-06-03 Thread Robin Laing
ain your children and trust them. If they cannot feel free to discuss these issues at home, they will find it someplace else. Have fun being a parent. I know that I am. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinf

Re: nforce 2 nic drivers on a7n8x

2009-06-05 Thread Robin Laing
went back to the default networking. There is a bug in the original config-network app that screws up the network config files. If you are looking for the drivers during boot, you won't see anything. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe:

Re: Packet Manager

2009-06-09 Thread Robin Laing
plugins, you now have a more powerful CLI manager. Much more powerful than yumex is. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: OT: Can Reformatting A Hard Drive To ext3 Destroy All the Data On It?

2009-06-11 Thread Robin Laing
then I really doubt anyone will invest the time and money to recover the data. There was a challenge put out to recover data that was erased with dd but no takers. The comment that I read on the web site pointed to a phone call that dd makes it to costly to recover. -- Robin Laing -- fedo

Re: the inevitable flash question :-).

2009-06-11 Thread Robin Laing
If I try to play cnn video it just hangs saying Loading... Should I just forget the adobe repo and go with the beta 64 bit plugin and manual install? I have been using the 64 bit flash since it was released. It has worked great since day one. Of course I only load flash as required. -- Ro

Re: Fedora 10 and plotters? - OT

2009-06-11 Thread Robin Laing
. Maybe you can find a large format printer to meet your requirements. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: it's the 64-bit flash plugin that's crippling firefox

2009-06-19 Thread Robin Laing
ised no one had suggested that until now, since the topic of flash had come up more than once. yee ha. i have response. rday -- It has been suggested in the past, probably not to a recent thread though. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https:/

Re: Linux first to support USB 3.0...

2009-06-19 Thread Robin Laing
Chris -- You have usb 3.0 ports and devices? USB 3.0 has a different port design and requirements of usb 2.x http://www.interfacebus.com/usb-cable-diagram-30.html 9 conductors plus shield. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redha

Re: the inevitable flash question :-).

2009-06-22 Thread Robin Laing
ets out of beta they'll have a 64 bit repo setup... I have run the 64 bit flash at work since it came out. At home I just set up a 64 bit machine and the file is months old. No real reason to keep polling for new updates all the time. I would look at using it as it seems very solid.

Re: Switch-User fails for kde

2009-06-29 Thread Robin Laing
their own incompatible notions of user switching (with my own bias showing that kde had the feature first). -- Rex This is a problem in my home as my son and I use KDE but my daughter and wife use Gnome. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https

Re: "One or more disks are failing" ?

2009-07-07 Thread Robin Laing
ethod to get these blocks allocated? Can badblocks be used? -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: any known working USB/serial converters?

2009-07-07 Thread Robin Laing
Konstantin Svist wrote: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.2537 This one works perfectly for me. The only downside is that shipping takes a week or two. But there are so many other cool toys that you can order as well at the same time. :) -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing

Re: F11: Blender and the i915 driver

2009-07-15 Thread Robin Laing
u get the trace once the system locked up? -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: F11: Blender and the i915 driver

2009-07-17 Thread Robin Laing
Marco Guazzone wrote: On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Marco Guazzone wrote: On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Robin Laing wrote: --><-- cut --> After the reboot, look inside /var/log/messages (you need root privileges) Then, move to the end of file And search backward for "en

RAID 1 error question - boot problem.

2009-07-22 Thread Robin Laing
ap* ? Any suggestions to where to start? Thank you. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: WHY I WANT TO STOP USING FEDORA!!!

2009-02-12 Thread Robin Laing
g FC4. There are other versions of Linux out there that offer long life just as Centos does. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: KDE 4.2 requires local MySQL Server

2009-02-23 Thread Robin Laing
adi has not run. On my home system, I get error messages flash up but they disappear before I get a chance to read them. Some info box with a bunch of check marks. It needs some kind of acknowledgement before it closes. I removed Beagle when I tried gnome and as soon as I can, I will remove

Re: Linux users want better desktop performance (Screw data. Prioritize code)

2009-02-23 Thread Robin Laing
see other fine tuning settings. I cannot afford a new machine at this time. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: connecting cell phone

2009-02-25 Thread Robin Laing
machine. Start it back up, if it recognizes the drive and mounts it (or lets you mount it), then the above steps should fix the bug and allow you to use the key normally. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: Easiest Way To Move Thunderbird Mail Folders To Another Computer?

2009-02-26 Thread Robin Laing
ferent one from my experience. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: F10 Dependency Problems - Nvidia Drivers

2009-02-26 Thread Robin Laing
. I ask this as I have not had any issues with the nvidia driver lately. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: has K3B been abandoned?

2009-02-26 Thread Robin Laing
that k3b isn't waiting until the disk is settled before trying to access it with some burners. A disk isn't mounted when it is inserted if it is blank. In KDE, I get asked what to do with a full disk. Last night I was playing with burning and to test the DVD image, I ended up

Re: Fedora 10 64-bit & Wired Network Problems

2009-02-26 Thread Robin Laing
orking -ensure networking is running properly -test by rebooting. As others have suggested, check /etc/sysconfig/network* as well as /etc/resolve.conf -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: My fedora freeze it

2009-03-03 Thread Robin Laing
ger. <http://download.live.com/messenger> What video card and driver? I had issues early with F10 and Nvidia driver. Latest driver works pretty good. My system freezes wouldn't leave anything in the log files. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com

Re: My fedora freeze it

2009-03-04 Thread Robin Laing
opy of one of her favourite programs working in F10 first. KXstitch. :) I have yet to try some of the tweaks that I have read about to get the desktop to run faster over services in the background but I have not had a full freeze in a few weeks now. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing l

Re: Apparent total loss of all Raid 1 data from both drives`

2009-03-05 Thread Robin Laing
one drive into a USB port and mounted it read only to scan the drive. The worse thing you can do is panic and rush. It took me almost a week to recover some data after I forgot to back it up when I did a full system redesign and rebuild. Good luck. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing l

Re: Apparent total loss of all Raid 1 data from both drives`

2009-03-06 Thread Robin Laing
Robert Karge wrote: Robin, Thanks for the reply. The rebuilt array, MD0, df shows only 1% used. These disks are not included in LVM. Bob Karge On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Robin Laing mailto:robin.la...@drdc-rddc.gc.ca>> wrote: Bruno Wolff III wrote: On Thu, Mar 05

Re: USB-SATA/IDE adapter on linux/Fedora?

2009-03-06 Thread Robin Laing
quite well. I have not tried any external adapters. Also has esata port. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: removing autorun from a flash drive

2009-03-09 Thread Robin Laing
ive that had U3 and it was not marked on the packaging. I wouldn't have purchased the drive if I knew about it. I had to find a Windows user so I could remove it. One person was upset because he had to remove hardware devices to get the software to work on his computer. -- Robin Laing --

Re: fedora on asus M70VN-X1?

2009-03-10 Thread Robin Laing
particular laptop, I cannot say but I would purchase an Nvidia based system over any other one. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: dear university of calgary: about this 2K/s jigdo download ...

2009-03-11 Thread Robin Laing
Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Why not contact the UofC

Re: removing autorun from a flash drive

2009-03-11 Thread Robin Laing
ox that I voiced my opinion on. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: fedora on asus M70VN-X1?

2009-03-11 Thread Robin Laing
Kevin Kofler wrote: Robin Laing wrote: Nvidia has caused some problems but in all the years has worked close to 90% of the time. Freshrpms support is great. I just wish akmod would work as advertised on my systems. FYI, FreshRPMs merged into RPM Fusion, there are no graphics drivers in

Re: Evolution throwing away emails for one of my accounts ?

2009-03-17 Thread Robin Laing
out using the OWA interface (Only Option). Using SpamAssasin just made it worse. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: copying lvm with the same name

2009-03-23 Thread Robin Laing
tory was on that drive but it was part of the old group (generic name creation) and strange and wonderful problems started to crop up. I never did get the drive mounted back then. There needs to be a firm way of changing and editing LVM characteristics in these situations. -- Robin Laing

Re: OS "hiccups"

2009-03-23 Thread Robin Laing
Firefox, even on my faster 64bit machine at work. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: Missing Hardware

2009-03-25 Thread Robin Laing
can I get /dev/sr0 back? TIA, Gene Does the drive showup in the BIOS? Is your powersupply supplying the correct voltages? I have seen issues with low powersupply voltages. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listi

Re: Missing Hardware

2009-03-30 Thread Robin Laing
Gene Poole wrote: Robin Laing wrote: > Does the drive showup in the BIOS? Is your powersupply supplying the > correct voltages? > > I have seen issues with low powersupply voltages. > > -- > Robin Laing There's no problem with the DVD drive. If I boot off o

Re: Kde freezes in Fedora 10

2009-04-03 Thread Robin Laing
here is an update for. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: Kde freezes in Fedora 10

2009-04-09 Thread Robin Laing
GMS S wrote: Robin Laing wrote: [ Does the keyboard still work? Does "CTRL+BACKSPACE" kill the xwindows? New or old machine? I have had this happen on an older AMD machine. I am still tracing the issue down to something. My machine locks up from time to time. I see that the loa

Re: Kde freezes in Fedora 10

2009-04-14 Thread Robin Laing
Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 09 April 2009 18:43:09 Robin Laing wrote: I will have to try removing akonadi. I have not found a use of it yet. Maybe it will fix some of my problems. Sure. It might make coffee for you while it's doing it :-) What makes you think that akonad

Re: Firefox 3 hogging 90% CPU, can anything be done about this?

2009-04-21 Thread Robin Laing
e times that it was so slow due to flash. It is surprising the number of flash based ads and other items on many web pages. It can quickly add a massive load onto your system. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listi

Re: PackageKit run scheduling?

2009-04-24 Thread Robin Laing
at *my* convenience daily? I don't do the "yum clean all" but I prefer manually doing updates when it is convenient for me. Due to my work, I sometimes don't update for 3 or 4 days because of application issues. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@re

Re: PackageKit run scheduling?

2009-04-24 Thread Robin Laing
emoved it. I may try it again when F11 comes out. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: can't open .docx files using OO2.3 in F7

2009-04-24 Thread Robin Laing
ay be asked to submit the document for analysis. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: Lost Files

2009-04-24 Thread Robin Laing
on't think udev or hal will delete files from /media. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: Detection of 16GB RAM

2009-04-24 Thread Robin Laing
Karthik Balaguru wrote: Hi, Does X86_64 FC2(Fedora Core2) detect 16GB RAM ? Thx in advans, Karthik Balaguru * * __ Make sure your BIOS sees it. My new machine had BIOS that wouldn't see more than 8Gig. -- Robin

Re: fedora 10 weird mplayer playback

2009-04-27 Thread Robin Laing
g the videos in VLC. As it is a rpmfusion package, it would be better to ask them. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: can't open .docx files using OO2.3 in F7

2009-04-27 Thread Robin Laing
e 2.3 version number. Me bad. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: Remooving U3 from USB drive.

2009-04-27 Thread Robin Laing
the U3 software. Also our administrator that cleared one stick was surprised how the software screwed up with his windows system. The last stick that I purchased that had U3 on it didn't have anything listed on the package. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redha

Re: Installing Moonlight?

2009-04-27 Thread Robin Laing
would complain to the site that requires Moonlight and show them that it isn't good enough for Major league Baseball. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraprojec

Re: Remooving U3 from USB drive.

2009-04-28 Thread Robin Laing
about a Linux tool. That was a waste of time. If you search, there are U3 key loggers and other nasties available. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: nVidia vs. ATI graphics card for fedora

2009-04-28 Thread Robin Laing
work like a dream but there are times that it hasn't. If you need 3D, I can only say that Nvidia has been great for me. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraprojec

Re: nVidia vs. ATI graphics card for fedora

2009-04-29 Thread Robin Laing
till need to be careful with kernel upgrades. Kevin Kofler But AKMOD is a great way of getting the latest security updates into the system without waiting for a module to be produced. I like the idea of dkms akmod as it can make life easier. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing l

Re: Seagate disk problems (NCQ bug???)

2009-04-29 Thread Robin Laing
laced the controllers with SATA cards and no errors since. I could predict when the errors were going to occur and almost predict when the system would lock up using uptime. What controller chip is used in your system? -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.c

Re: nVidia vs. ATI graphics card for fedora

2009-04-29 Thread Robin Laing
hout 3D support. You can end up with a catch 22 condition. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: "Blinking lights of death" ? Netgear Switch GS108

2009-05-01 Thread Robin Laing
controllers. Not a bad investment. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: nVidia vs. ATI graphics card for fedora

2009-05-04 Thread Robin Laing
a new video card for a desktop can be problematic as well if you are stuck with an older AGP port. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: How To Send Files Securely From Fedora

2009-05-04 Thread Robin Laing
s of files. Rar/par and WinRar are another option. The encryption is better than zip and from what I read easy to use, at least on Windows. If the files are just documents, then I would use OpenOffice and use the encryption within it. Enigma mail as suggested is an easy option. -- Robin La

Re: "Blinking lights of death" ? Netgear Switch GS108

2009-05-05 Thread Robin Laing
er now so be careful if you are working with a thru-hole circuit board. Have fun. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: External eSATA drive downgraded to 1.5Gbs

2009-10-27 Thread Robin Laing
on the motherboard. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: should I go for 64bit version of Fedora 11 ?

2009-11-03 Thread Robin Laing
ease don't misunderstand me ) Regards I have use Fedora 64 bit since I could. I have only come into one problem. Some CODECS don't work in 64 bit with mplayer/vlc. I have to transcode those files in 32 bit to save the files. Indeo (sp) CODECS for those interested. -- Robin L

Re: suggested DVD editing toolset?

2009-11-30 Thread Robin Laing
some time ago about a site that had the time codes for language that you could use but I never had an interest because I don't believe in censorship. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-l

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2010-01-06 Thread Robin Laing
ver and if it responds faster, then I will leave it on. (Multimedia) At work I need 3D support. Desktop at home needs 3D support. 4 machines - 3 Nvidia 1 Nouveau (for now) -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinf

Re: Installation plays hardball

2010-01-07 Thread Robin Laing
. Maybe a check box for using LVM would be nice as well. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

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